Quarry and cement plant roads south-west of town
The Mine Safety and Health Administration places Greencastle Quarry, a crushed-stone operation, 1.9 miles south-west of the town centre. A dump truck or tri-axle that loads there may well be parked at a yard on that side of town when you sell it. Give us the street address and the name of whoever can let us in, and we collect it from that spot.
Lone Star Industries runs a cement plant 2.7 miles south-west of Greencastle, according to Mine Safety and Health Administration listings. Bulk tankers and mixers tied to a plant like that often sit on site between loads. If yours is on plant property, tell us so before pickup, since gate passes or a site escort may need arranging with the plant office.
Further out, A third site sits 4.5 miles south on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list: O.Z. Bridges Memorial Quarry. For a truck that has worked between these three sites, photos of the body, the frame and the tires, plus the VIN, let us talk about your exact truck from the first call.
Freight, grain, lumber and heavy machinery
Greencastle is home base for 107 active motor carriers, the FMCSA carrier census shows, a mix of freight, farm and timber haulers. In that census, 33 list general freight, 18 haul machinery and large objects, 14 carry grain, feed and hay, and 14 move logs, poles, beams and lumber. Whichever of those your truck has done, a box truck, a flatbed tractor, a lowboy or a log truck all fit what we buy.
Machinery haulers on the census list usually run lowboys or step-decks, and a lumber outfit may run a knuckle-boom or a log trailer. If the trailer goes with the tractor, say so and include the trailer’s own title and VIN so both are handled in one sale.
New registrations show up too: FMCSA records 4 carriers added in Greencastle during 2024 and 3 during 2025. If you started an operation recently and are now selling its truck, have the registration in the company’s name and the title ready, along with a note of who in the company is allowed to sign.
Indiana runs and own-goods haulers
Ninety-one of Greencastle’s carriers operate intrastate and 16 run interstate, according to the federal carrier census, while 73 are private fleets hauling their own goods. A private-fleet truck is usually titled to the business that owns the goods, so the signature on the title has to come from that business.
Drivers tell the same story: FMCSA lists 156 drivers for local carriers working within 100 miles and 82 going further. A truck that stays inside that radius is most likely at the home yard or a job site in Putnam County when you call, and that is where we pick it up.
Twenty-four carriers here reported mileage to FMCSA, with a median of 28,355 miles per truck a year. Read the odometer before you contact us and send a photo of it; along with the VIN, it is the first thing we ask for.
Greencastle fleet sizes and model years
The biggest fleets on Greencastle’s carrier census are modest: one with 10 power units and 6 drivers, and two with 7 power units each, run by 10 and 7 drivers. If you are selling several trucks from a fleet that size, list each unit’s VIN, year and make in one message and we can look at them together.
FMCSA roadside inspection records cover 29 trucks from local carriers checked between October 2024 and August 2026. Among those 29 inspected Greencastle trucks, FMCSA’s records show 2018 as the median model year and 31 percent at ten model years or older. Whatever the year of yours, the title, registration and any service records you kept are what to set aside before the sale.
A roadside inspection report is part of a truck’s paper trail as well. If you have recent ones for your truck, include them with the photos; they help us match the unit to what you describe.
Factory, warehouse and farm work in Putnam County
Greencastle had 8,514 jobs in 2023, by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, with factories and warehouses leading. In LEHD’s breakdown, manufacturing held 1,789 of them, 21 percent, and transportation and warehousing held 1,490, or 17.5 percent. Straight trucks and day cabs serving plants and warehouses here are in the range we buy; tell us which kind you have and what body sits behind the cab.
Construction accounted for 117 local jobs in that same LEHD release, and County Business Patterns lists 45 construction establishments. A contractor’s dump truck, flatbed or service body truck parked at a job site can be collected there, as long as someone on site knows it is going.
Outside town, Putnam County’s 728 farms grow mainly corn and soybeans and raise hogs, according to USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. Grain trucks, hopper tractors and livestock haulers that sit on a farm between harvests are trucks we come out to; a farm lane address and directions to the shed are enough.
Paperwork to gather before you call
Most Greencastle carriers, by FMCSA’s count 91 of 107, never leave Indiana, so their trucks are usually titled in the state. Find the Indiana title and check that the name on it matches the seller. If the title has gone missing, the state’s title agency issues replacements, so start that request before you list the truck with us.
Alongside the title, set aside the registration, any lien release if the truck was financed, and whatever service records you have. Then take photos of each side, the cab interior, the odometer and the VIN plate, and send them with the address where the truck is parked.
The questions we get asked in Greencastle
- Can you collect a dump truck that sits by Greencastle Quarry, or must I haul it into town first?Greencastle Quarry is 1.9 miles south-west of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s listing, and we collect from there or any yard nearby. Give us the yard’s address off the quarry road and the person holding the gate key.
- Will you come out for a grain truck kept on a Putnam County corn and soybean farm?Putnam County has 728 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, led by corn, soybeans and hogs, and grain trucks from them are part of what we buy. Have the title and a few photos ready, and tell us where on the farm the truck sits.
- Our hauling is done by a private fleet carrying the company’s own goods; whose signature goes on the title?Seventy-three of Greencastle’s carriers are private fleets on FMCSA’s census, and their trucks are generally titled to the business. Someone authorised to sign for that business signs the title, and we work with that person.
- Is a Greencastle log truck sold with its log trailer as a single sale?FMCSA lists 14 Greencastle carriers hauling logs, poles, beams and lumber, and a tractor with its trailer can be sold as one. Send both VINs and both titles so each unit is covered.